420 Day 2018 in Washington, DC

At 4:20pm every day during the early 1970s, a group of teens in San Rafael, California went to a wall outside of school grounds to smoke pot. They called their afternoon toke “420,” but never envisioned the code word becoming a worldwide...
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Washington, DC 420 Day Overview

At 4:20pm every day during the early 1970s, a group of teens in San Rafael, California went to a wall outside of school grounds to smoke pot. They called their afternoon toke “420,” but never envisioned the code word becoming a worldwide phenomenon.

These days, hundreds of thousands of stoners across the globe celebrate April 20th like it’s marijuana Christmas. In the United States, Washington, D.C., doubles as America’s cannabis capital come 420 Day.

420 Day Washington, D.C. is chock-full of 420 Day celebrations like Overgrow the Government National 4/20 Rally. There, hemp lovers unite and rally, urging bureaucrats to reconsider their years-long pot prohibition.

High, patriotic protestors can roam the National Mall to come up with their own theories as to whether or not the area is steeped in hidden Masonic code. Blazed Dan Browns are free to stop in one of the 10 Smithsonian museums along the park’s outer edges, where they’ll find plenty of visual stimulation.

Though pot might not be legal quite yet in America’s capital, 420 Day events in Washington, D.C., rival those in any other American city, or any city in the world for that matter. Whether you smoke up, down, or out, there’s no doubt you’ll have a blast at 420 Day Washington, D.C.